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INSANE: Merkur | Vintage Vibes

Early BMW Super Tourer and Polley Toyota recreation among Touring Car Rewind highlights

The Brands Hatch event may no longer be centred around Super Tourers but there were still several notable cars on display and in action, while the Pre-'66 machines provided some of the best racing

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'Deranged Grinches' Wanted After Punching Nativity Donkeys, Defecating in Church During German Christmas Rampage

German police seek two vandals who attacked Nativity donkeys Max and Lily, defecated in a church, and ransacked the Erbach Castle Christmas market. Suspects remain at large after the 30 November rampage.

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High street slot machine shops pay staff bonuses linked to how much gamblers lose

Exclusive: MPs and campaigners condemn ‘appalling’ reward scheme for Merkur venue managers

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‘I can’t escape these machines’: addicts tell of huge losses from slot gambling

Councils given more powers to stop ‘unwanted’ sites opening, as number of UK slot machines exceeds 30,000

The Guardian - UK

High-street slot machines reap record takings as councils call for power to curb spread

Local authorities want government to make it easier to stop flurry of ‘adult gaming centres’ targeting poorer areas

The Guardian - UK

Adult gaming centres failing to help problem gamblers self-exclude

UK regulator expresses concern as vast majority of centres visited by the BBC did not properly implement scheme

The Guardian - UK

Slot machine firms target UK’s poorest areas and channel funds to billionaires

Exclusive: Politicians including Andy Burnham call for councils to be given powers to stop new sites opening

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Spin doctors: gambling firms adopt hard tactics to flood towns with 24-hour slot machines

Companies deploy highly-paid lawyers and appear to mislead councillors – but local authorities are fighting back

The Guardian - UK

UK slot machine operator fined over cancer patient’s activity

Gambling regulator fines Merkur Slots almost £100,000 for failings at one of its ‘adult gaming centres’

The Guardian - UK

Fears grow over rise of ‘under the radar’ all-night slot machine halls in UK

Campaigners raise concern over risk of problem gambling as more than 300 24-hour sites spring up

The Guardian - UK

Tory MP Philip Davies takes £500-an-hour job at slot machine company

Davies will provide ‘strategic advice’ to Merkur Gaming, part of group behind network of gambling venues on UK high streets

The Guardian - UK

Slot machine operator being investigated over cancer patient’s activity

Staff at Merkur’s Stockport branch reportedly looked away as customer lost £2,000 over two days of play

The Guardian - UK

Masters of spin – how slot machine operators are taking over UK high streets

With concern focused on online casinos, the firms who run ‘adult gaming centres’ have been expanding fast – and glad-handing dozens of MPs

The Guardian - UK

In the grip of slot machine addiction: ‘I’d keep loading £20s in. I could be in a daze’

As ‘adult gaming centres’ spread across the UK, one woman tells of how she kept playing even after getting a cancer diagnosis

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Merkur XR4Ti Restomod Has An EcoBoost Swap, Looks Like A Modern Sierra RS Cosworth

This might be the first Merkur XR4Ti restomod, and it's amazing.

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